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Serbian elections: A country where students may actually take power

Serbian elections: A country where students may actually take power

Serbian elections: A country where students may actually take power

Serbia is voting in an early election, where the most powerful politician in the country, in charge for 14 years, has a serious rival for the first time – students. Aleksandar Vučić, who stepped down from his second mandate as president is now running for prime minister. Al Jazeera’s Nataša Kovačev explains.

  • country
  • election
  • power
  • student
  • serbia
  • politician
  • rival

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